fuse_get_req() parks background allocations on fch->blocked_waitq via
wait_event_state_exclusive(), so each wakeup releases exactly one
waiter.  fuse_chan_max_background_set() clears fch->blocked when the
new limit exceeds num_background, but the accompanying wake_up()
releases a single waiter regardless of how many slots just became
available.  Raising max_background from 10 to 100 therefore admits one
request instead of ninety.

The remaining waiters are not permanently stranded — the "else if
(!fch->blocked)" branch in fuse_request_end() wakes one more per
completion — but that only helps while requests keep completing.
Consider a fixed pool of threads doing readahead or async direct I/O
with the quota exhausted: every thread is either in flight or parked,
and each completion wakes one waiter while freeing one slot, a net
change of zero.  num_background oscillates around the old limit and
the added quota is never taken up.

Waking one waiter per freed slot also preserves submission order:
once fch->blocked is clear, new callers of fuse_get_req() skip the
waitqueue entirely, overtaking waiters that parked before the limit
was raised.

Use wake_up_nr() with the number of slots that just became available.
Since the wakeup is guarded by !fch->blocked, num_background is
strictly below max_background, so the count is at least 1 and never
degenerates into wake_up_all().

Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun@linux.alibaba.com>
---
 fs/fuse/dev.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index 5763a7cd3b37..2f1ce77357c5 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -397,7 +397,8 @@ void fuse_chan_max_background_set(struct fuse_chan *fch, unsigned int val)
 	fch->max_background = val;
 	fch->blocked = fch->num_background >= fch->max_background;
 	if (!fch->blocked)
-		wake_up(&fch->blocked_waitq);
+		wake_up_nr(&fch->blocked_waitq,
+			   fch->max_background - fch->num_background);
 	spin_unlock(&fch->bg_lock);
 }
 
-- 
2.43.7

On Sat, 1 Aug 2026 at 10:25, Baokun Li <libaokun@linux.alibaba.com> wrote:

> Use wake_up_nr() with the number of slots that just became available.
> Since the wakeup is guarded by !fch->blocked, num_background is
> strictly below max_background, so the count is at least 1 and never
> degenerates into wake_up_all().

Applied, thanks.

Miklos

On Sat, Aug 01, 2026 at 04:24:51PM +0800, Baokun Li wrote:
> fuse_get_req() parks background allocations on fch->blocked_waitq via
> wait_event_state_exclusive(), so each wakeup releases exactly one
> waiter.  fuse_chan_max_background_set() clears fch->blocked when the
> new limit exceeds num_background, but the accompanying wake_up()
> releases a single waiter regardless of how many slots just became
> available.  Raising max_background from 10 to 100 therefore admits one
> request instead of ninety.
> 
> The remaining waiters are not permanently stranded — the "else if
> (!fch->blocked)" branch in fuse_request_end() wakes one more per
> completion — but that only helps while requests keep completing.
> Consider a fixed pool of threads doing readahead or async direct I/O
> with the quota exhausted: every thread is either in flight or parked,
> and each completion wakes one waiter while freeing one slot, a net
> change of zero.  num_background oscillates around the old limit and
> the added quota is never taken up.
> 
> Waking one waiter per freed slot also preserves submission order:
> once fch->blocked is clear, new callers of fuse_get_req() skip the
> waitqueue entirely, overtaking waiters that parked before the limit
> was raised.
> 
> Use wake_up_nr() with the number of slots that just became available.
> Since the wakeup is guarded by !fch->blocked, num_background is
> strictly below max_background, so the count is at least 1 and never
> degenerates into wake_up_all().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun@linux.alibaba.com>
> ---
>  fs/fuse/dev.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
> index 5763a7cd3b37..2f1ce77357c5 100644
> --- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
> +++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
> @@ -397,7 +397,8 @@ void fuse_chan_max_background_set(struct fuse_chan *fch, unsigned int val)
>  	fch->max_background = val;
>  	fch->blocked = fch->num_background >= fch->max_background;
>  	if (!fch->blocked)
> -		wake_up(&fch->blocked_waitq);
> +		wake_up_nr(&fch->blocked_waitq,
> +			   fch->max_background - fch->num_background);
>  	spin_unlock(&fch->bg_lock);
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 2.43.7
> 
> 
LGTM
Reviewed-By: Horst Birthelmer <hbirthelmer@ddn.com>